MSE Parents Club Part 12

Krystaltips

Natalie85 wrote: »

i am quite lazy with the whole ironing thing tho .................... i've already been thru and removed anything i dont deem as needing ironing pj's, vest, sleepsuits. bedsheets definite no no in this house

Yeah... I don't iron those sorts of things either... I just don't iron often enough!

My_Fathers_Daughter wrote: »

Anybody else find that when all your ironing is done you have nowhere to put it?

My ironing has not "all been done" in probably well over a year...

My_Fathers_Daughter wrote: »

LOL - I knew someone would play a turn as I was posting that!!!

Was it me? I have some crap tiles in your game...

Susan, sorry to hear that Alice is ill, I hope she feels better soon!!

SusanC_2

Squishy wrote: »

For those who bf over 6 months: I was told by the health visitor that if I continued to feed over this point, either bubs or I would have to go on vitamins - anyone else get told this? I'm also concerned about iron intake (so have been interested in the conversation on this recently!) as none of the baby vitamins contain iron, and I can't take iron tablets with my underactive thyroid.

Official advice is that all children should take vitamins from age one to five and that BF babies should take them from six months. I think the assumption must be that all children will have a poor diet and therefore need supplementation but formula is fortified so they don't "need" to be taking vitamins in addition to formula. I've almost never seen my HV so wasn't told anything by her and I chose to ignore the official advice because in my opinion it isn't necessary unless your child has a really poor diet or has some underlying health problem or other indication that they need vitamin supplementation.

workinmummy

Also. Love the photo of Isla.

I'm so not usually into pink and faff, but that pic is gorgeous. And she has a very talented mummy in Boo.

Also yay :T for Molly's crawling.

jillie1974

susan- so sorry to hear alice has whooping cough. hope will feel better soon.

jennynoo

Squishy wrote: »

I was hoping this! We're using the premade cartons, as she flatout refused to take the powdered stuff. I have no problems with feeding her morning and night (and she still feeds during the night!), I'm just concerned she might get upset if she can't feed during the day, iykwim? I'm sure she'll get used to it though!

For those who bf over 6 months: I was told by the health visitor that if I continued to feed over this point, either bubs or I would have to go on vitamins - anyone else get told this? I'm also concerned about iron intake (so have been interested in the conversation on this recently!) as none of the baby vitamins contain iron, and I can't take iron tablets with my underactive thyroid.

Still bf at 7 months However I nearly fainted in my buggyfit class two weeks ago (it was a really hot day) so now I'm taking pregnacare again just in case I'm low in anything. Found a couple of interesting sites, this and this but they basically seem to say babies only need additional iron if they are tested and shown to be low in it so I'm still not really sure.

3onitsway

My_Fathers_Daughter wrote: »

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

I think that it is this one


*admits to not having taken it out of the carrier bag, never mind the box yet*

Impressive!

I'm sure once you've used it you'll be a changed woman and will start ironing socks, undies and tea towels.

Oh, ok, maybe not.

Yey for crawling Molly. :T

EA Lovely pics - you all look loved up and happy. :happyhear

SusanC_2

Thanks for all the good wishes for Alice. There's not really anything that can be done unless it is caught much earlier. They can give antibiotics but all they do is stop you being infectious and by now the chances are she isn't any more anyway. There's a website about whooping cough run by a GP with a special interest in it which has a lot of useful information if anyone is interested. The vaccine wears off so anyone over 10 and under 60 is unlikely to be immune but it is much milder in adults. (Anyone over 60 probably had the illness when they were little and therefore will be immune.) The younger the child is, the worse it is and the more dangerous - it is particularly dangerous for babies.

SusanC_2

Krystaltips wrote: »

My ironing has not "all been done" in probably well over a year...

My ironing is always all done - I just don't do any. I haven't ironed since we moved house.

tiamai_d

Hope Alice gets better soon. I had it when I was about 3/4, don't remember a thing.

Glamazon

Squishy - I wouldn't worry too much about the milk or the naps.
When Jack is home he will only go to sleep on me or after some serious pushing in pushchair - at creche he goes off the minute he's put in the pram *rollseyes*
He used to have a bottle first thing, then around 4pm and then at bed-time but for the 2 weeks he's been at creche he's refused his milk. They've tried it at different times, different temps, in different positions and I've even tried giving it to him when I get there but he refuses it point blank. It does now mean he has a bottle as soon as he gets in from creche at 6pm instead of at bedtime and another at around 12am-2am *yawn* but I don't mind cos he goes straight back off afterwards.

My friends LO refused forumla so the HV suggested he had cows milk - he has it along with some vitamins that she buys from the chemist. He's a week younger than Jack.

I've not really baby proofed our house - I just tend to distract Jack before he gets anywhere near anything he shouldn't. He's never left in a room on his own so I don't see it as a problem, he quite often just follows me round downstairs while I'm tidying up. The only thing we have is a stairgate at the top of the stairs

I don't iron but think I'll have to start cos my work shirts all look crap after being washed!

Honey - Jack's not had it cos we don't have any in the house Simples!!

I've not been sterilising Jack's bottles for about the last week - he puts my flip flops in his mouth so I figure my foot crud and the !!!!!! off the roads will do him more harm than a few bacteria

Go, go Molly :T:T

Susan - get well soon vibes coming for Alice. Poor thing.

EA - that picture is lovely

Still no tax credit form! Keeping hearing the adverts about getting it sent back but I've not even had it yet!

Is that scrabble game a FB thing?